Chiński konwertyta John Wu (Wu Jingxiong 吳經熊, 1899-1986) i jego duchowy dialog z religiami Chin
Chinese Convert John Wu (Wu Jingxiong 吳經熊, 1899-1986) and his Spiritual Dialogue with the Religions of China

Summary/Abstract: John C.H. Wu (born on 28 March 1899 in Ningpo, China, died in 1986) was an exceptional man. A spiritual teacher and a philosopher of law and lawyer himself, he converted first to Protestantism (in 1917), when he was yet eighteen, and then, twenty years later, to Catholicism. Leaving out his newfound faith was far from easy for him in the beginning. He went through a number of spiritual crises during his several stays in USA (1920-1921, 1923-1924, 1929-1930), but particularly in the 1930s. His spiritual journey spanned East and West, focusing on overcoming many different contradictions: Christianity (Catholicism) versus Chinese religions (Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism); human vs. divine; natural vs. supernatural; old vs. new. His conversion led him to argue, on intellectual grounds, that divine supersedes human, universality is superior to particularity, and man’s spirituality crosses the borders between East and West. John C.H. Wu draws an analogy between Old and New Testaments and old Chinese tradition: what for Jews was the former, the latter was for him. This was his key to understand the religions of China. To him, they were his teachers that led him to Christianity.

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